American Politics, Paperback

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Lydia M AndradeIllustration(s): 95 Line drawings, color; 81 Halftones, color; 25 Tables, color; 176 Illus...

DescriptionWhy does the American political system work the way it does? This major revision brings a renewed focus to the institutions, processes, ...

Publisher: SAGE Publications IncAuthor(s): Doris A. GraberNumber of pages: 728Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 176 x 228 x 26Cover type: Paperback...

Examining the presidency of Ronald Reagan, this book attempts to place his time in power within the context of American politics. Failure and achie...

Issues like COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, police brutality, massive unemployment, trade wars and cyberattacks add to the complexity of the U.S. pol...

Reducere. American Indian Politics and the American Political System is the most comprehensive text written from a political science perspective. It analyzes...

The question at the center of the seventeenth edition of The Irony Of Democracy is "How democratic is American society?" While most American govern...

For over forty years, Latin American Politics and Development has kept instructors and students abreast of current affairs and changes in Latin Ame...

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From the very inception of the United States, few issues have been so divisive and defining as American slavery. Even as the U.S. was founded on pr...

Stephen King and American Politics examines the complicated political character of King's fiction. From the 1960s to Donald Trump, these works forc...

Latin American Politics reflects just how much the region has changed in the last two decades by drawing on contemporary research in comparative st...

Concentrating on presidents and cabinet members, from the birth of the US through the Carter administration, this book tells how they and their ass...

DescriptionIn this edited collection, Gioia Woods and her contributors bring together histories, biographies, close readings, and theories about th...

Polsby and Wildavsky's classic text argues that the institutional rules of the presidential nomination and election processes, in combination with ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Jerry PubantzNumber of pages: 210Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 227 x 17Cover type: Paperback / ...

American Difference: A Guide to American Politics in Comparative Perspective, Paperback

Reducere. This book explores contemporary civil-military relations in the United States. Much of the canonical literature on civil-military relations was eit...

Political scientists and social choice theorists often assume that economic diversification within a group produces divergent political beliefs and...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 90 Halftones, black and white; 90 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 376Publication dat...

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Reducere. From the founding of the American government to the present-day challenges, this clearly explained text is a perfect guide for anyone who wants to ...

An engaging introduction to Latin America with a fresh, thematic approach to key political and social issues. This accessible undergraduate textboo...

Brings to life the debates that most profoundly shaped American government. As representatives to the convention, students must investigate the ide...

Tensions of American Federal Democracy uses an original analytical framework combined with comparative perspectives - including those of other mode...

Presents an account of the cultural politics surrounding the memorialisation of the Vietnam War. This book presents a study of American attempts to...

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LtdAuthor(s): David McKayNumber of pages: 512Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 181 x 253 x 31Cover type: Paperback /...

DescriptionIn Flawed Capitalism, David Coates draws on his vast experience of economy and society in both the U.S. and the UK to examine the econom...

A concise and engaging introduction to American politics organized around the themes of self-interest and representation. The authors assess Americ...

Central Americans are the third largest and fastest growing Latino population in the United States. And yet, despite their demographic presence, th...

Publisher: American University in Cairo PressAuthor(s): Linda HerreraNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 226 x 20Cover type...

Reducere. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1979, The Dred Scott Case is a masterful examination of the most famous example of judicial failure--the case refer...

Reducere. In Whose Detroit?, Heather Ann Thompson focuses in detail on the African American struggles for full equality and equal justice under the law that ...

Contrary to popular belief, the problem with US higher education is not too much politics but too little. Far from being bastions of liberal bias, ...

This book examines music as a means of making peace. It is a multidisciplinary study, grounded in peace studies and musicology that reflects on whe...

Fraser-Rahim spotlights the emergence of an American school of Islamic thought, which was created and established by the son of the former Nation o...

Reducere. In Reproductive Justice, sociologist Barbara Gurr provides the first analysis of Native American women's reproductive healthcare and offers a susta...

Reducere. The numbers are staggering: One-third of America's adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. M...

In this book, one of the first to take atheism seriously as a social movement, Richard J. Meagher examines the political history of American atheis...

This cutting-edge book presents a broad picture of global capitalism and extractivism in contemporary Latin America. Leading scholars examine the c...

Reducere. Through pandemic, protests, and polarization, Americans went to the polls in 2020, one of the most contentious elections in American history. Conti...

Reducere. The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was startling, as was the victory of Donald Trump eight years later. Because both presidents were unusual and ...

This new book looks at British Politics in the 1760's and 1770's during the American Revolution. He also surveys the development of radicalism in B...

In Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968, Heersink and Jenkins examine how National Convention politics allowed the South to ...

The fifth edition of Gender and Elections offers a multi-faceted account of how gender shapes the electoral process through the 2020 elections. Cha...

This groundbreaking book challenges the dominant view of ideology held by both political scientists and political commentators. Rather than viewing...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Elizabeth C. MattoEditor: Alison Rios Millett McCartneyEditor: Elizabeth a. BennionFor a democracy to function effectively,...

Liberal democracies very rarely fight wars against each other, even though they go to war just as often as other types of states do. John M. Owen I...

Reducere. The Southern Strategy was but one in a series of decisions the GOP made not just on race, but on feminism and religion as well, in what Angie Maxwe...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Leonardo (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) SenkmanNumber of pages: 268Collection: Conspiracy T...

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Supermarkets are a mundane feature in the landscape, but as Tracey Deutsch reveals, they represent a major transformation in the ways that American...

At Home and Abroad bridges the divide in the study of American religion, law, and politics between domestic and international, bringing together di...

Reducere. Sojourning for Freedom portrays pioneering black women activists from the early twentieth century through the 1970s, focusing on their participatio...

DescriptionIn the vast literature on the Vietnam War, much has been written about the antiwar movement and its influence on U.S. policy and politic...

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What is causing American public opinion to move into increasingly alt-right terrain? The Everyday Crusade provides an answer. The book shows that A...

Hospitality as a cultural trait has been associated with the South for well over two centuries, but the origins of this association and the reasons...

What do you think of when you hear about an African American Republican? Are they heroes fighting against the expectation that all blacks must vote...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book maps how American Methodists have responded to sexual change since World War II. It argues that the current United Methodist i...

Reducere. From the late nineteenth century through the 1920s, the U.S. government sought to control practices of music on reservations and in Indian boarding...

Reducere. James F. Sulzby Book AwardCombining biography with regional and national history, Dan T. Carter chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of George Wal...

Reducere. Where Black people live has long been an important determinant of their ability to participate in political processes. The Great Migration signific...

DescriptionBeginning in the late 1950s and continuing through the 1970s, the United States experienced a vast expansion in national policy making. ...

Rafshoon, Bianca Rowlett, Sarah B. Rowley, Ana Stevenson, Barbara Winslow, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Nancy Beck YoungIllustrations: 23 Illustrations, black...

Leading political scientists provide a new framework for understanding the interplay of politics and economics in the US, drawing on comparative an...

Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): Jun Hwan ParkIllustration(s): 8 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 240Collection: Thinking from Elsewh...

DescriptionBased on a rich array of sources that capture the voices of both political leaders and ordinary Americans, Uncle Sam Wants You offers a ...